getDistance

getDistance() Function

Note: This function can only be used in a Trusted Macro

• Introduced in version 1.3b51

Returns the distance between two tokens or objects.

getDistance(target)

getDistance(target, units)

getDistance(target, units, source)

getDistance(target, units, source, metric)

Parameters

target - The id of the token that the distance is measured to.
units - If set to false(0), the distance is given in cells, otherwise the default is to return the distance in Distance Per Cell units.
source - The id of the token to measure the distance from, the default is the current token.
metric - The movement metric to use which defaults to the movement metric in the users preferences, the metric can be one of the following strings
- NO_GRID - The grid is ignored and straight line distance between the tokens is returned.
- ONE_TWO_ONE - First Diagonal movement costs 1, second 2, and so on (Square grid only).
- ONE_ONE_ONE - Diagonal movement costs a single square (Square grid only).
- MANHATTAN - Diagonal movement costs 2 (Square grid only).
- NO_DIAGONALS - No diagonal movement is allowed (Square grid only).

To get the distance from the current token to the Altar.

[h: dist = getDistance("Altar")]

To get the distance between the Altar and the Sacrifice in the number of squares or hexes.

[h: dist = getDistance("Altar", 0, "Sacrifice")]

To get the distance between the Altar and the Sacrifice in map distance units.

[h: dist = getDistance("Altar", 1, "Sacrifice")]

To get the straight line distance between the Altar and the Sacrifice.

[h: dist = getDistance("Altar", 1, "Sacrifice", "NO_GRID")]

b55 - added the optional metric argument.